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Governor Ned Lamont will join University of Connecticut acting president Radenka Maric and state business leaders Thursday night on a week-long visit to Israel to promote economic development and trade . "We've been working on…

Governor Ned Lamont will join University of Connecticut acting president Radenka Maric and state business leaders Thursday night on a week-long visit to Israel to promote economic development and trade . The 10-member…

Published on: 02/15/2022 - 11:53 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Bahrain's Jewish community on Tuesday…

Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right member of Israel's Knesset, has sparked renewed anger after he attempted to compare Britain's communal leaders with those of German Jewish leaders in pre-Nazi Germany. Seizing on the release of the latest…

JERUSALEM (JNS) – The January 20 announcement by the Israeli Ministry of Defense and Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of the acquisition of three new advanced submarines for the Israeli Navy marks a key!-->!-->…

Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., received the prestigious Genesis Award on Wednesday for his efforts in leading the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.The $1 million prize is awarded annually to an…

In detail: In the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, Armenians are preparing to celebrate Christmas. But this year, in the face of an upsurge in attacks on the community and rising coronavirus cases, the streets of the Armenian Quarter…

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, August 1, 2021. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS JNS.org - Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved a NIS 500 million ($160.9…

The Islamic Development Bank is to donate $33 million to support projects in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as Jerusalem, reports Wafa Press Agency. The funds will be spent on local government, agriculture, civil society,…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, 12th January, 2022 (WAFA) -- Under the patronage and in the presence of Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, the Ministry of Local Government today signed four agreements with the Islamic Development Bank…

Israeli cabinet approved more than $ 300 million on December 26 development plan for the Golan Heights. The initiative aims to double the population of the northernmost part of the country to around 100,000, with new communities as…

Israeli soldiers participate in an exercise in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on October 26, 2021. (Photo by Ayal Margolin / JINI via Xinhua)JERUSALEM, Dec.26 (Xinhua) - Israel on Sunday announced a multi-million dollar plan to develop…

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday announced the approval of a one billion shekel ($317.3…

Opposition President Benjamin Netanyahu asserted on Tuesday that Iran and the international community do not take "weak" Israeli government seriously and "ignore" Jerusalem as it presses against resumption of multilateral nuclear…

It was a historic moment for the Jewish community of Prince Edward Island as they lit their first public menorah on the lawn of the Provincial Legislature to celebrate their 120 years of membership in the province and to mark the first day…

With violence in the Arab community showing no signs of abating, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday the situation was being resolved after being previously ignored. "We are dealing properly with the problems that we have…

Israel's openly gay Deputy Foreign Minister this week rejected the idea that his country's government promotes LGBTQ rights in order to distract from its policies towards Palestinians. "I would never, ever put myself in a position where…

Lod Mayor Yair Revivo on Thursday asked the High Court of Justice that the government's five-year plan for the Arab sector apply to Arabs in mixed towns, and not just in Arab-only towns.The exclusion of Arabs who live in mixed…

At a time of rising anti-Semitism around the world, coupled with an increase in Holocaust denial and trivialization, it seemed like a positive development that Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven recently summoned - in the…

Dozens of Arab-Israeli protesters on Thursday blocked Israel's central highway on Route 6 and other major roads to protest the government's alleged inaction to end the wave of crime in Arab towns. Protesters set off from Kafr Qara in…

After weeks of debate and before the deadline for adopting the state budget, the government adopted on October 24 the economic development five-year plan for 2022-2026 to fill the gaps in Arab society. The plan's budget amounts to 30…

The government on Sunday evening approved a NIS 30 billion plan for the economic and social development of the country's Arab sector amid a wave of violent crime. The five-year plan aims to reduce years of neglect in the sector and…

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has pledged to develop West Bank settlements as housing starts in those Jewish communities rose 68% in the first two quarters of this year, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics…

JERUSALEM - Israel's foreign minister has offered to improve conditions in Gaza in return for calm from the enclave's Hamas Islamist rulers, in a bid to resolve "endless cycles of violence" as the two parties were exchanging further fire…

Published on: 09/13/2021 - 04:04 The Israeli foreign minister offered to improve living conditions in Gaza in exchange for the calm of Islamist Hamas leaders in the enclave,…

The Jerusalem Institute for the Blind (JIB) has sent a goalball team to the Tokyo Paralympic Games, according to a statement released Thursday."Goalball is a team sport for athletes with a visual impairment, where a ball with…

Russia's productive relationship with Israel remains one of the pillars of the Middle East security architecture. The two countries manage to compartmentalize their differences and cooperate on matters of mutual interest. But that fine…

Published on: 03/04/2021 - 19:20Amended: 03/04/2021 - 19:18 Leaders from Israel, Austria and Denmark announced in Jerusalem on Thursday an alliance for the development and…